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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday — Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company's Reality Labs division …
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X: @vladtheinflator, @bmfshow, @grummz, @lunayian, @benz145, @thejobchick, @stocksavvyshay, @amitisinvesting, @nathievr, @scobleizer, @sadlyitsbradley, @lunayian, @lunayian, @ibrews, @samsolid57, @p_remarks, @mikeisaac, @caktusjaxk1, @eringriffith, @xuwu, @mikeisaac, and @anshelsag
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and John Thompson
Bluesky: @handpressed.net, @ohheymarc, @ianbetteridge.com, @quinnypig.com, @elucidating …, and @gematsu.com
Threads: @wongmjane, @jank0, @karissabe, and @firerock31
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Slycooper, r/SonicTheHedgehog, r/Games, r/PSVR, r/virtualreality, r/augmentedreality, and Slashdot
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural — Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down.
More: Engadget, Game Developer, WebProNews, UploadVR, VG Charts, TechRaptor, TheSixthAxis, and Shacknews
X: @andythps, @thedowd, @bangbangclick, @neogamespark, @afoxdesign, @sophiebaybey, @karn_ex, @hero_kvatch, @mauronl3, @jasteinerman, @asychov, @dbloodworth2, @glitchfandango, @vescosein, @killian_c_u, @victor_lucas, @raeljamsesh, @bmfshow, and @tomwarren. LinkedIn: Ray West
Bluesky: @davelee.me, @themoonis.gay, and @marioprime
Threads: @kathrynyu and @denny_cloudhead
Forums: r/pcgaming and r/Games
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft changes its data center approach, pledging to pay its own power costs, reject tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses, amid local opposition — President Trump was right about Microsoft — but he only leaked part of the story. — Microsoft is changing its approach …
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X: @tomwarren, @edludlow, @andrewcurran_, @bradsmi, and @satyanadella
LinkedIn: Noelle Walsh and Gaby DelaGarza. Bluesky: @carnage4life. Truth Social: @realDonaldTrump …. Forums: Slashdot
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple unveils Apple Creator Studio, a “groundbreaking collection” of creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro for $13/month or $129/year — Apple has announced Apple Creator Studio, which it describes as a “groundbreaking collection of powerful creative apps designed …
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LinkedIn: Jonathan Hadida, Klaas Schoenmaker, John Danty, and Alexa Joyce, PhD
Bluesky: @hilarybaumann.com, @zollotech, @cachiporra, @kithrup, and @parkerortolani.com. Threads: @parkerortolani
Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …, @ernie@writing.exchange, @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social, and @geerlingguy@mastodon.social
Forums: r/mac, r/apple, r/finalcutpro, r/LogicPro, r/technology, and r/pixelmator
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google makes improvements to Veo 3.1's Ingredients to Video feature to make videos “more expressive”, and adds native vertical video generation and 4K upscaling — Videos should now be more consistent with the images they're based on, including those in portrait orientations.| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Anthropic shakes up its C-suite; chief product officer Mike Krieger will become the co-lead of its Labs incubator; head of product Ami Vora will become CPO — Chief product officer Mike Krieger will change roles and join the “Labs” team. … Mike Krieger, the Instagram co-founder … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
IDC: global PC shipments rose 9.6% YoY to 76.4M units in Q4 2025, helped by Microsoft ending Windows 10 support and OEMs pulling forward inventory amid tariffs — IDC expects the PC market to be volatile this year ahead of anticipated price increases.
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| Reuters: |
The US gives a formal green light to sales of Nvidia's H200 chips to China, which cannot receive more than 50% of the total amount of chips sold to US customers — The Trump administration on Tuesday gave a formal green light to China-bound sales of Nvidia's (NVDA.O) second most powerful AI chips …
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, Barchart.com, Bureau of Industry and Security, The Decoder, Blockonomi, and Barron's Online
X: @ohlennart and @ohlennart
| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
President Trump renominates Sean Plankey to be the next director of CISA, which has been running without a full-time chief since Trump's return to office — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) scotched Plankey's confirmation in 2025, reportedly due to a Coast Guard ship-building contract.
More: The White House and Nextgov/FCW
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon is seeking supplier discounts, from low single digits to 30%, as it moves to reverse concessions made to limit the shock of Trump's tariffs — Tech giant moves to reverse concessions made to limit the shock of US President Donald Trump's trade levies| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The US FCC waives a rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after they are activated, which could make it harder for people to switch from Verizon — The Federal Communications Commission is letting Verizon lock phones to its network for longer periods, eliminating a requirement …
More: Android Police, WebProNews, 9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, Interesting Engineering, The Verge, Fierce Network, Droid Life, Android Headlines, SamMobile, and iClarified
X: @kwiens and @agomezfcc
Forums: r/politics, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Mercedes pauses the rollout of Drive Pilot, a Level 3 “eyes off” driving feature available in Europe and the US, citing low demand and high production costs — The automaker is instead forging ahead with its new point-to-point Level 2 system that rivals Tesla's Full Self-Driving.
Forums: Slashdot
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A look at Confer, an open-source AI assistant project from Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike that is designed to provide end-to-end encryption for AI chats — Moxie Marlinspike—the pseudonym of an engineer who set a new standard for private messaging with the creation of the Signal Messenger …
More: Gizmodo. X: @moxie. Bluesky: @smcgrath.phd. Mastodon: @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @mattburgess@infosec.exchange, @tommorris@mastodon.social, and @tomgag@infosec.exchange
Forums: Hacker News, r/signal, r/technology, r/privacy, Lobsters, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
Salesforce makes Slack's new AI-powered Slackbot generally available, helping users answer workflow questions, draft documents, schedule meetings, and more — ZDNET's key takeaways Salesforce made Slackbot generally available.Slackbot is an AI agent for work built in Slack.Business … | Li Liu / Bloomberg: |
Taiwan issues an arrest warrant for OnePlus CEO Pete Lau for allegedly illegally hiring 70+ Taiwanese engineers, as it tries to stop China from raiding workers — Prosecutors in Taiwan issued an arrest warrant for the chief executive officer of the Chinese smartphone company OnePlus … | David Gilbert / Wired: |
Roblox's AI-powered age verification system, which expanded globally last week using tech from a company called Persona, faces criticism for misidentifying ages — Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.
More: Engadget
| Bloomberg: |
The US Senate passes the Defiance Act that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images, amid furor over Grok images — The US Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images …
More: The Verge, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin …, Engadget, CBS News, Global News, Fast Company, The Economic Times, and Windows Central
X: @senatordurbin and @benbrodydc
Bluesky: @themilfmag.net and @themilfmag.net
| Philip Stafford / Financial Times: |
Warhammer maker Games Workshop says it banned its staff from using AI in its content or designs and “will be maintaining a strong commitment to protect” its IP — Group behind Warhammer taking ‘very cautious’ approach and says it will ‘respect our human creators’
More: IGN, TechRaptor, Polygon.com, The Times, TheGamer, The Independent, Gizmodo, GameSpot, Telegraph, City A.M., thisismoney.co.uk, and The Times
| Google Research: |
Google announces MedGemma 1.5 with improved medical imaging support, and MedASR for medical dictation, both available on Hugging Face and Vertex AI — Daniel Golden, Engineering Manager, and Fereshteh Mahvar, Software Engineer, Google Research — We are updating our open MedGemma model with improved medical imaging support.
X: @_philschmid, @kimmonismus, @mahmoudhsssnn, @osanseviero, @googleaidevs, and @sundarpichai. Forums: r/singularity
| The Information: |
Sources: AI chipmaker Cerebras is in talks to raise ~$1B, valuing the startup at $22B before the new investment, up from an $8.1B valuation in September 2025 — AI chip startup Cerebras Systems is in talks to raise about $1 billion, valuing the company at $22 billion before the new investment … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Sources: AI chip startup Etched raised $500M led by Stripes at a $5B valuation, bringing its total funding to almost $1B — AI chip startup Etched raised about $500 million in a new funding round, according to people familiar with the matter, part of an effort to compete with Nvidia Corp …
X: @dinabass
| Politico: |
Governor Gavin Newsom says he has been negotiating for four months to neutralize California's wealth tax ballot proposal; a compromise does not appear imminent — A compromise does not appear imminent. A union official cast doubt on the possibility of a deal, saying the two sides … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple and Google say Apple Foundation Models based on Gemini will help power not only a more personalized Siri, but also “future Apple Intelligence features” — Google today announced that its AI platform Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but a range of future Apple Intelligence features.
More: The Keyword, 9to5Mac, Fast Company, WebProNews, Tech Brew, Unite.AI, Rohan's Bytes, AppleInsider, VICE, Deal N Tech, Shelly Palmer, TechCentral.ie, Ghacks, Reuters, Daring Fireball, TechRadar, Creative Strategies, BleepingComputer, Washington Post, BetaNews, Bloomberg, Neowin, MacDailyNews, Macworld, Moneycontrol, Android Headlines, Search Engine Land, and CNBC
X: @newsfromgoogle, @erfon, and @neilcybart
Bluesky: @eighthdayarts and @uzionmain
Forums: r/privacy, r/google, r/technology, r/Applelntelligence, and MacRumors Forums
| Natalia Kniazhevich / Bloomberg: |
Liftoff, which helps companies place ads in mobile apps, files for a US IPO, reporting a $25.6M net loss on $491.6M in revenue in the nine months up to Sept. 30 — Liftoff Mobile Inc., a company that helps place ads within mobile applications and lets publishers manage their inventory, filed for a US initial public offering.
More: MarketWatch
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Polygon buys crypto startups Coinme and Sequence for a total of $250M+, as it seeks to bolster its stablecoin and fintech infrastructure and compete with Stripe — Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron (left) and Polygon Foundation founder Sandeep Nailwal.COURTESY OF POLYGON LABS| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
The US House passes a bipartisan bill that expands export controls to restrict Chinese companies' remote access to US AI chips from data centers outside China — The House of Representatives on Monday passed a bipartisan bill that expands U.S. export controls to restrict Chinese companies' ability …
| Decrypt: |
The NYC token, launched by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams on January 12, saw its market cap drop from ~$600M to ~$110M, after USDC liquidity manipulation — On-chain data shows unexplained liquidity withdrawals as Eric Adam's NYC token's market cap continues to bleed. — In brief| Colin Demarest / Axios: |
Onebrief, which makes AI-powered military workflow software, raised a $200M Series D, nearly doubling its valuation from $1.1B to $2.1B in about half of a year — Defense software company Onebrief raised $200 million and snapped up Battle Road Digital, giving its military-planning suite a simulation and wargaming boost.
More: Business Wire, Crunchbase News, SiliconANGLE, Pulse 2.0, Salesforce Ventures, Implicator.ai, and Reuters
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